Big margins against the tax but bigger problems with the poll, experts say

12:38 AM,
Apr. 5, 2013

Written by

Russ Zimmer
CentralOhio.com

A new industry-sponsored poll released Wednesday purports to show the governor's plan to raise taxes on large-scale oil and gas operations is deeply unpopular with Ohioans, but experts question the poll's rigor and the governor's office said it's meant to sway opinion rather than gauge it.

The poll, paid for by the American Petroleum Institute, shows 69 percent of people think the severance tax increase will kill jobs, and not just in the oil and gas sector. Seventy-six percent agreed the severance tax increase would hurt the state's ...